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Nintendo, what year is it?!

virtual insanity

A total, total humiliation for the government www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

🎾 time for some tennis!

Viva Pinata? You have my attention.

RIP Robert Tinney (November 22, 1947 – February 1, 2026), the artist famous for his playful covers for Byte magazine, a hobbist magazine that ushered in the microcomputing age from the mid-70s through the 90s. I'm honored to have included his work in my own art collection.

This week's digest features links to @fionnthebrave.bsky.social, @plante.bsky.social, @alanahagues.bsky.social, @marioprime.bsky.social, @jon.gvg.io, @mackeza.bsky.social, @dannyspencer.bsky.social and others!

Pokemon Pokopia will be playable at the Pokemon European International Championships in London this weekend.

Ironic, as this was the magazine that referred to Pokémon as a "pestilential Ponzi scheme" in 1999, characterising its creator Satoshi Tajiri as a literal monster "His eyes are bloodshot; dark circles ripple beneath them... His monsters are a child's predelictions." He never gave another interview.

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Picked up these earlier for the grand total of three (£3) english pounds

Weird framing on this considering The Guardian already covered this a couple of years ago. 🤷

That Pragmata demo has totally sold me on the game. It feels like a lost 360 game in the best way possible.

"It's like somebody making a documentary in which Eva Braun feels sad about war whilst Hitler invades Poland"

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Console Archives is the Virtual Console y’all wanted. 🫡

Here's all the trailers of everything announced.

I’d assumed this would be the case, but feels a bit off to confirm this when plenty of folks have already dropped a hundred bucks on a new hunk of plastic.

started playing Wario World. I kinda dig it.

The Switch 2 launch essentially doubled Nintendo's revenue compared to the same period last year.

The Nintendo Switch 2 has sold 17.37 million units.

😬 the lack of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond numbers is very telling....

The original Nintendo Switch is now at 155.37M sold, finally passing the Nintendo DS.

The Nintendo Switch 2 has sold 17.37 million units.

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Nintendo bust out some lateral thinking to shift some withered technology...

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Superb video essay here from @peterspittech.bsky.social on the bittersweet experience of returning to Animal Crossing, Covid memories, finding meaning in actions taken years ago, and more.

PJ (@pjoreilly.bsky.social) has been busy 3D printing various doo-dads for his Switch 2. Some neat stuff here!

a humorous cup of coffee

I seem to recall watching this BBC documentary when it first aired back in 2004. It's worth a watch.

I’ve seen people voice concern about subscription fatigue, too many sites relying on the same model, etc, but a) I’m not convinced that’s a problem; there are thousands of content creators supporting themselves via subs

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Unless I missed it, not much was made of the recent centenary of the creation of television? diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2026/01/tv10...

There's been mixed reporting on this, but the sales data and some nuances paint a slightly different picture.

Unless I'm not considering something obvious, the rationale for the restrictions seems overly cautious. I think a middle-ground could probably have been found?

can’t cancel what ya don’t buy

Here's the box art for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream.

Hugh Morris is a good pun

The Tomodachi Life Direct starts in a few minutes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNtY...

UK high street retailer GAME is reportedly on the verge of collapse once again; the company has allegedly filed a notice to appoint administrators, which gives it ten days of protection from its creditors www.gamesindustry.biz/report-uk-re...

Here's a quick look at the 'Video Boy' — a tool, made by Intelligent Systems, for viewing Virtual Boy games on a TV/monitor. Used to record video and screenshots. ➡️ hcs64.com/video-boy-vue/

i knew this reminded me of something

Well, this sounds chaotic. (via @duckvalentine.bsky.social)

Masahiro Sakurai sure does love putting 🍔 JPEGs of food in his games. (via @sethmlarson.dev)

your lunch time entertainment sorted... 🍌

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Nintendo’s games feel special in a way other developers can’t quite imitate. But why? According to @mackeza.bsky.social, author of Super Nintendo, an upcoming book about the Mario and Zelda maker, it’s because teams are intergenerational

🧵 Thread of games completed in 2026: